Watch the "Keeping Kids Moving" Event
The Washington, D.C. roundtable, "Keeping Kids Moving: How Equitable Transportation Policy Can 
Reverse Childhood Obesity," took place on Thursday, July 15. If you didn't get a chance to watch the live webcast, watch the archived video of the event here.
The national roundtable – sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity, Transportation for America, The Convergence Partnership, and PolicyLink – explored the vital connections between transportation policy and childhood obesity, especially for low-income children and children of color.
RWJF Center Advisory Board Chair Comments on "F as in Fat" Report
Angela Glover Blackwell, the RWJF Center's principal advisor and chair of the advisory board, recently wrote a commentary on the relase of the “F as in Fat 2010″ report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. As the advisory board chair for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity, Angela Glover Blackwell contributed this commentary to the report.
To read her commentary, please click here.
RWJF Center Statement on Legislation to Improve Child Nutrition Programs
Statement of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity on the Introduction of Legislation to Improve Child Nutrition Programs
Arkansas -- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity (RWJF Center) commends U.S. Representative George Miller, D-CA., Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, for his introduction today of a strong bipartisan bill that helps to improve the meals and snacks children receive in schools, and expands access to important nutrition assistance programs for children across the country.
“American children are suffering today from a rampant epidemic of childhood obesity. It is imperative that we as a nation address this burgeoning problem immediately and start to better the health and future of our nation,” said Joe Thompson, MD, MPH, director of the RWJF Center. “Improving the child nutrition programs is essential to addressing the rising rates of obesity, poor diet quality, and food insecurity that plague our children.”
Resource Spotlight: June 24th Post Webinar Q&A Session
If you joined the RWJF Center's June 24th webinar, "Pass or Fail: Evaluating How Industry Markets Food to Children" -- listen to our post-webinar questions & answer session audio clip.
In this short conversation, webinar panelists Elaine Kolish, vice president and director for the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative for the Better Business Bureau; Dr. Watler Gantz, professor and department chair for the Department of Telecommunications at Indiana University; and Dr. Rosemarie Truglio, vice president of education and research at Sesame Workshop address questions that weren't answered during the June 24th live webinar presentation.
If you didn't have the opportunity to join us for the live webinar on June 24, watch the full presentation here.
RWJF Center Comments on F as in Fat 2010
Statement of Joe Thompson, MD, MPH, Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity on the release of F as in Fat 2010
June 29, 2010
“The release of today’s report, F as in Fat 2010, reminds us yet again of the pervasiveness of the childhood obesity epidemic we face in America. As a society, we did not intentionally allow our surroundings to become conducive to obesity in our children. However, we must intentionally improve environments where children live, learn, and play to make certain they have ample opportunity to consume healthy, nutritious foods and be active.
